Garment hanger and container



March 20, 1928.

l. N. CAVE GARMENT HANGER AND CONTAINER Filed June s. 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 1 l l l H M Man-T1 20, 1928.

I; N. CAVE I GARMENT HANGER AND CONTAINER Filed-Junefi, 1925 2SheetsSheet 2 awwento'c W Patented M... 20, "1928.

v UNITED STATES rsanm. 1v. cavn, or imoonirn, NEW YORK.

GARMENT anana Am) con'ramnn.

Application filed June 8,

My invention relates to garment hangers, and particularly to that classof hangers which, in one operation, may be scored and completely cut outin one-piece blanks, from 5 sheets of cardboard,strawboard, or likematerial, and then be formed by folding the blank along the scored linesand then interlocking fastening members, integral with the blank, tomaintain the folded portions of the hanger in operative position.

My invention also relates to a combined arment hanger and container, thehanger being of. the one-piece class referred to above, while thecontainer is of that class which may also, in one operation, be scoredand completely out out in one-piece blanks, from sheets of cardboard,strawboard, or like substance, and be formed into the desired box-likeshape, by folding the cut out blank along the scored lines and theninter lockingfastening members integral with the blank, tormaintain thefolded portions in operative position; the hanger and container being soassociated that the garment sup porting portion of the hanger isdisposed within the container while the means. for suspending saidhanger project .from said container and thereby provide elements wherebythe container may be suspended or carried in an upright position,thuspermitting garments to be supported on the enclosed hanger withoutundesirable creasing or disarrangement. 4 One of the objects of myinvention is, to

5 provide a garment hanger and combined garment hanger and container,which will embody 'the following features and advantages:

, That it may. be manufactured in the mini- 40 mum number of operations,by scoring and cutting the hanger and container. each in a sin 1e pieceor blank, from inexpensive materlaladapted to be bent and folded alongthe scored lines'and securely but detachably 4a fastened in foldedoperative form.

That the two elements of my invention, when folded and. operablyassociated, may constitute both a garment hanger and container.

That the means provided for suspending the hanger may also automaticallymaintainthe parts of said hanger in operative position.

' That said hanger and said container, each at being adapted to bemanufactured in a in one operation.

1925. Serial Io. 84,519.

single piece or blank, may be packed, stored or transportedin anunfolded condition and thereby occupy a minimum of space.

That said garment hanger may be so associated with said container andmaybe so designed, that the means for suspending the I hanger may beutilized as a handle for car rylng saidcontainer in an upright position.

That said garment hanger may be conveniently adapted to .hang, suspend,hold and support, in an uncreased condition, mensand womens garments,such as coats, shirts, waists, trousers, bloomers and other wearingapparel.

Other objects and advantages of my in- '11 vention will be obvious fromthe following specification and the accompanying drawings. I

My invention consists-in the particular comb1nat1on,, organization, andarrange- 1| ment of parts set forth in the specification,

.shown in the accompanying drawings, and

more particularly defined in the appended claims and in the method ofeffecting said combination, organization and arrangement. .0

In the drawings Fig. 1, is a perspective view-of m garment hanger, shownremovably attac ed to the .upper endv of a container, which is shown inopen position. ll

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of my gar ment hanger and containercombined, showing the container in closed position, and the hanger;suspending means' detachably extending through one end of the container,to lo afl'ord means by which the container may be carried in uprightposition.

Fig. 3, is a sectional sideview of my com- 'bined hanger and container,taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing in detail the method P of removablyattaching my garment hanger to the upper end of my container.

Fig. 4, shows the unfolded single-piece blank for the container, as cutout and scored Fig. 5, is a perspective viewof one form of my garmenthanger, combined in a single piece with a closed ended containerportion. Fig. 6, shows the unfolded single-piece blank for the garmenthanger and container 1p; shown in Fig. 5, cut out and scored in .oneoperation.

Fig. 7, is a perfipective view of my garment hanger, olded in operativeposition, and disassociated from the container. ,1

in Fig. 7.

Fig. 10, is a perspective view of another modified form of garmenthanger, illustrating its adaptability to suspension from a rod or otherlike support.

Fig. 11, is an enlarged view of another modified form of garment hanger,with a part thereof broken away, illustrating a modified form of meansto suspend the hanger, arranged at the top portion thereof.

Flg. 12 is a sectional view of the modified form of garment hanger shownin 11,

taken on line 12-12 of Fig. 11 illustrating the formation of the bodyportion of the ban er and the arrangement of the suspending ook-likeportions attached thereto.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts, my combined garment hanger andcontainer consists of two separable and separately formed elements,'each of itself a unit, namely the hanger 10, an enlarged view of thepreferred form thereof, being shown in Fig. 7, and the container 11, adetailed view of one form of which, in open condition and associatedwith the hanger 10, is shown in Fig. 1.

These separable and separate units may be preferably cut, or otherwisefashioned, from a sheet of cardboard, strawboard or other suitablebendable material, so that each is formed from a single=piece blank, thethickness, form and dimensions whereof may vary and depend upon theparticular shape, size and strength of hanger and container desired. Theblanks, from which each of these units 10 and 11 is formed, are cut, orotherwise fashioned and scored in a single operation. Y

When it is desired to form a hanger 10, similar to that shown in Fig. 7,a blank 12,

6 having the shape, outline and scoring, as

or base portion 18 joining them.

shown in Fig. 8, is cut out, or otherwise fashioned.

When it is desired to form a container 11, similar to that shown in Fig.1, a blank 13, having the shape, outline and'scoring as shown in Fig. 4,is cut out, or otherwise fashioned.

In order to form the hanger 10, the blank 12 is folded along the scoredlines 14 and 15, so that the side portions 16 and 17 are bent upwardlytoward each other, until they are approximately parallel to each otherand at right angles to the intermediate ie1b e tongue-like portions orfastening members 19 and 20, are then bent or folded inwardly,

toward each other, along the scored lines 21 and 22, until they bridgethe distance between the sides 16 and 17 and so as to overlie eachother, in order that the tongues 23 may be received into engagement w1ththe slot 24 and lock the parts 19 and 20 together, thereby serving. asmeans to detachably hold the sides 16 and 17 in their folded operativeposition. The infolding and joining of the members 19 and 20 therebyresults in forming the hand openings 25 and 26, in the opposite sidemembers 16 and 17, and .thus provides handles 27 and 28 in these sides,by means of which the hanger 10 may be suspended from a hook, orsuitable support, or by which the hanger 10 and container 11 may beconveniently carried, when they are associated and combined as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

Although the tongue-like fastening members 19 and 20 are shown anddescribed as being used to hold the side portions 16'and 17 in foldedoperative position, said fastening members 19 and 20' may be entirelyeliminated, if desired, by being cut out along the lines 21 and 22, atthe time when the blank 12, shownin Fig. 8, is out. It will be apparentthat this can be readily accomplishedwithout destroying the utility ofmy anger. because the handles, or suspending means 27 and 28, whenemployed to suspend the hanger, will automatica ly maintain the sideportions 16 and 17 in operative position, substantially similar to thatin which they are maintained by the fastening members 19 and 20, asshown in Fig. 7.

Marginal notches 29 and 30, may be provided near the ends of theopposite side portions of my hanger 10, to engage and retain insupported position any articles of apparel having shoulder straps orother like means of suspension, which are to be carried by said hanger.

My hanger may also be provided with slots, or openings 31 and 32, nearthe base of each of the side portions 16 and 17, which may be adapted toengage womens bloomers, mens trousers, or other garments suitable forsuspension therefrom and thereby hold said garments in carryingposition.

A modified form of my hanger, in which the interlocking fasteningmembers 19 and 20, shown in Figs. 7 and 8, are omitted, is shown in Fig.9, wherein the openings 33 and 34: are provided, by. means of which thehanger may be supported on a clothes hook. or any other suitableholdingdevice. The

blank, from which this type of hanger is included, as desired, while theopenings 33 ahd 34 may be of any suitable form.

Another modified form of my. hanger is shown in Figs. 11 and 12. In thisform of hanger, a hook 35 is pivotally attached to "the side portion 36,by means of a pivot 37,

so that when the hanger is folded and the hook 35 is in a substantiallyupright position, the hanger may be supported-thereby from any suitableholding device.v The hook 35 is provided with a depending arm portion38, which is arranged to engage and hold, as shown, the side portion 39,when said side portion and hook 35 are in normal position, such as whenthe garment hanger .is suspended.

The blank from which the type of garment hanger, shown in Figs. 11 and12 is formed, will similarly follow the general line, of the blank shownin Fig. 8, but in this instance, the o enings 33 and 34. shown in Fig.9, have con omitted and the hook 35 substituted therefor.

Another modification of my hanger is shown in Fig. 10. In thismodification, the blank from which the hanger is formed is cut, orotherwise fashioned to provide, in-

tegral with the side portions 40 and 41 of the hanger, two oppositelydisposed hook members 42 and 43, whichare adapted to'be placed over andengage a rod 144. or other suitable support, when it is desired to thussuspend the hanger therefrom.

As the carrying out of my invention here in disclosed permits andsuggests the provision of a receptacle integral with and be- .neath mygarment hanger, a-modification of my invention, embodying and combiningthe receptacle with the hanger. is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In this formof combined hanger and container, the device consists of the hanger' andthe container portion .44, with the hand openings 45 and 46, the handles47 and 48 and the bridging fastening members 49 and 50, arranged to holdthe container portion in its desired shape.

Theblank from which this type of combined container and hanger is formedis shown in Fig. 6. This blank is fashioned in one piece, and 'thedevice of Fig. 5 isformed by folding the sides 51 and 52 along thescored lines 53 and 54, toward each other, substantially at right anglesto the portion 55- and then folding the ends 56 and 57 toward eachother, along the scored lines 58 and 59. Snap fastening means 60, 61 and6263 are brought into engagement, to hold folded blank from -whi in theFigs. 1 2 and 3 is formed. In the the folded container blank in foldedposition. to form a. compact combined container and hanger, as showninFig. 5. j

A further modification of my combined container and hangeris shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 3, while in Fl 4 is shown the unh the container shown tpe of combined container and hanger s own in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it willbe noted that the-hanger 10 and the container 11 are not integral, butare separable and detachable from each other. This device is constructedby combining a hanger of the type while the section 66 and the sideport-ion 65,

have correspondingly placed and similar slots 69 and 70, transverselydisposed across the substantial central portions of said sections. Anintermediate portion. 71, of the blankis likewise provided, on its 0posite.

ends, with tongue-like fastening mem crs "7 2 and 73, substantiallysimilar to the members 67 and 68. Slots 74 and 75 are provided in thesection 65, near the opposite margins of said section, in order toreceive and be' engaged by the tongue-like fastening members 67, 68, 72and 73, to'hold the portions comprising the section 65 of the containerblank in desired position, where the blankis folded to form thecontainer 11. The blank 13 is scored transversely along the lines .76,77, 78 and 79, and is longitudinally scored along the lines 80 and 81,while the section 64is cut transversely at 82 and 83 from the margins tothe lines 80 and 81, in order to form overlapping sections 84 and 85.

My container is formed by inwardly folding the opposite side portions ofthe section 65 of the blank along the scored lines 80 and 81,'until theyare-at substantially right angles to the body of the blank. Thetonguelike fastening members 67, 68, 72 and 73 are likewise inwardlyfolded along the lines 80- and 81, to correspond to the folded positionof the side portions'of section 65. The end portion 66, carrying thetongues 67 and 68, is then-folded inwardly along the scored line 79, toa'position substantially at right angles to the section'65'and the'tonucs 67 and 68 site folded side portions; The section '65 is folded alongthe scored line 78 and then turned, to a position substantially at rightangles to the intermediate section '71 and are interlocked into theslots 74 of the oppo- I right angled position in relation to the section64. The sections 84 and 85, near the extremity of the section 64, arethen inward ly folded along the lines 80, and 81, into a positionsubstantially at right angles'to the section 64 and overlap the ends ofthe infolded opposite sides of the section 64, and

.aid in holding these folded sides in their folded position byfrictional contact therewith. Both sides of the container .11 will nowbe seen to be formed in the intended folded shape with the sides in openrelation, as shown in Fig. 1.

The scored .transverse line 77 serves (in effect) as a hinge for thecontainer, by means of which that portion formed from the section 64 ofthe blank may be bent along the line 77, so that the container may beclosed, as shown in Fig. 2, with its lateral folded sides and upper endtelescoped into that portion of the'container formed from the section 65of the blank, with sides and end enclosed within the latter portion ofthe container and lying adjacent the lateralsides and upper endthereof.-

The slots 69 and 70, hereinbefore referred to, it will be seen, now hein the free ends of the formed container and are so arranged that theyregister with each other; By this arrangement, these slots 69 and 70 areadapted to receive the handles 27 and 28 of the hanger 10, when theiatter is mounted in operating -position within the container, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2, and to permit said handles to project therethrough."The handles 27 and 28 thereby serve to lock the container in closedposition and afford means by which it can conveniently and readily becarried, when the hanger is in position within the container and thelatter is closed U as above described, a

lVhen the hanger 1O ispositioned within the container 11, and thehandles 27 and 28 v are inserted in the slots 69 and 70, the bridgingtongue-like fastening members 19 and 20, are at the same time insertedinto and through the slots 69 and 70 and are interlocked, as shown inFigs? and 1, so that they overlie the outer face of the end of the innermember of the container, formed from the section 64: of the blank, andretain the hanger 10 in its installed position within the container, indetachable relationto that end of the container by which it issupported.

The handles 27 and 28, being of suitably bendable material, they will belaterally displaced from their upright position, when the cover portionof the container, formed from the section 65 of the blank, is closedupon the inner portion of the eontainer, as

formed from the section 64: of the blank;

but they may be readily drawn through the slots 69 in the upper endportion 66 of the cover section of the container, as formed from thesection 65 of the blank, when the slots 69 register with the slots 70,after the operation of closin the two sections. of the container uponeach other is completed.

It will be obvious from the above description of my invention, that Ihave provided a hanger separable from a container, that is adaptable forconveniently supporting substantially any style of garment, and thatsaid hanger is of cheap manufacturing cost, of simple construction, andof such formation that it'may readily be packed, unfolded andtransported in aininimum of space. I have also provided a container thatis of cheap manufacture, of integral construction, which may be readilyfolded and retained in desired formation by simple fastening means,which is a convenient device in which garments and other objects may bestored and transported, which is readily ac-- I have also provided acontainer and hanger of such a type and construction that they may becombined and associated to form a device in which the hanger isdetachably related to the container, with the garment supporting sectionof the hanger enclosed in the container, arranged so that garments maybe conveniently carried thereon, while enclosed within the container,while at the same time the ready opening. ofthe container and convenientremoval of any or all of the suspended carried garments may beaccomplished without disassoeiation of the hanger and container, and thetwo units of which may be unfolded and stored or transported in theminimum of space, and I have still further effected this combination, sothat the handles or-supporting means for the hanger not only serve asmeans by which the combined device may be suspended and convenientlycarried, but also serve as means by which the container may be securelyretained in closed position,

whether in suspended or unsuspended position or 1n transport.

Although I have described and shown my invention in a preferred andmodified form of embodiment thereof, I do not wish to be limitedthereby, except as the state of the art and the appended claims mayrequire, for it is obvious that various other modifications,organizations and arrangements of and suspension means on each of saidside.

portions, formed by cutting out portions from the body of said sidepieces, the marfrom the spirit and scope of my inginal portions of saidside pieces being container comprising a substantially box-likesingle-piece container adapted to be opened orclosed by the movement ofopposite sections thereof and having similarly disposed registeringslots in one end of each of said sect-ions, a single piece garmenthanger having a garment supporting portion and handles, said garmentsupporting portion being enclosed within said container and saidhandlesextending outwardly through said slots and having interlockingmeans adapted to detachably hold said hanger in said position relativelyto said container, said support-ing portion being adapted to support andhold a garment within said container and ,said handles being adapted todetachablyretain said container in closed position and provide meanswhereby said hanger and container may be suspended and transported.

3. A combined garment hanger and container comprising a substantiallybox-like single-piece container having opposite sections closable onewithin the other and displaceable from eachother'to effect .a closing oropening respectively of said container, having sides and ends detachablyretained in normal position by interlocking. fastening means integraltherewith and having corresponding, register-ing slots in one end ofeach of the opposite sect-ions, and a single-piece garment hanger havingsubstantially similar oppositely disposed side portions and a baseportion joining the latter and having handles adapted to'extend outwardly through said slots and provide means whereby said container maybe detachably locked in closed position and whereby the combinedcontainer and hanger may be suspended and transported, said hanger sideportions having interlocking fastening means adapted to detachablyretain said hanger in operative relation to said container. a

4. A combined garment hanger and container, comprising a substantiallybox-like single-piece container having opposite sections closable onewithin the other and displaceable from each other to effect a closing oropening respectively of said container, having sides and ends detachablyretained in normal position by interlocking fastening means integraltherewith and having corresponding, registering slots in one end of eachof the opposite sections, and a single-piece garment hanger havingsubstantially similar oppositely disposed side portions and a baseportion joining the latter, and having handles adapted to extendoutwardly through said slots and provide means whereby said containermay be detachably locked in closed position and whereby the combinedcontainer and hanger may be suspended and transported, said hanger sideportions being enclosed within said container and having interlockingfastening means adapted to detachably retain said hanger in'enc-losedoperative relation to said container. I

5. A combined garment hanger and container comprising ..a single-piecebox-like container having opposite sections adapted to be opened andclosed relatively to each other, having registering slots arranged inone end of each of said opposite sections and having means integral withsaid container to detachably hold the opposite sections in boxlikeforn'iation and a single piece garment hanger, having a base andsubstantially similar oppositely disposed garment carrying upstandingside portions adapted to be enclosed within said container, said sideportions havii ig means integral therewith, adapted to detachably retainsaid hanger in operative relation to said container and having othermeans adapted to extend through said slots to the exterior of saidcontainer and permit'the container and hanger to be suspended ortransported in both open or closed position, w (S. 'A blank for forminga single-piece garment hanger comprising a body portion havingoppositely extending lateral portions of substantially similarcurvilinear outline in-,

tegral therewith, said lateral portions having oppositely extendingenlarged portions of substantially similar out1ine,'disposedapproximately midway their length and' having oppositely disposed,movable, interlockable, tongued and slotted portions embodied in saidenlarged portions, said side portions being provided/ with substantiallyparallel and similar, oppositely disposed, longitudi nal slots in theirbody portion and having oppositely disposed marginal notches near theopposite ends of said side portions.

Signed at city of New York in the county of New York and-State of NewYork this 28th day of May, A. D. 1925.

ISABEL N.- CAVE. w

